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Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast

Mountain Rain Zen Dharma Podcast

By: Mountain Rain Zen Community
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Presented by the Mountain Rain Zen Community based in Vancouver, BC. Featuring talks by our guiding teachers Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton, and other guest speakers.

To learn more about our community, explore our extensive teaching archive, and offer your support, visit http://mountainrainzen.org.

© 2025 Mountain Rain Zen Community Spirituality
Episodes
  • How to (Cook Your Life 3/)

    How to (Cook Your Life 3/)
    Aug 21 2025

    Myosen River Shannon continues the Dharma seminar on Uchiyama Roshi's commentary on Dogen's Instructions to the Cook, offering insights into Great Mind and Parental Mind.

    What would it be like to fully the taste the experiences of each day? What kind of medicine bowl can be made with what’s available?

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    These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate.

    A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website.

    For questions and comments, contact podcast@mountainrainzen.org.
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    40 mins
  • Practicing with Anxiety

    Practicing with Anxiety
    Aug 17 2025

    Joko Claire Talbot asks: in our distressing moments, before our limbic system kicks in to full gear, can we practice generosity towards ourselves, crossing over to the shore of peace and understanding?

    “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” (Leo Buscaglia)

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    These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate.

    A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website.

    For questions and comments, contact podcast@mountainrainzen.org.
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    23 mins
  • How to Cook Your Life (2/

    How to Cook Your Life (2/
    Aug 14 2025

    Jikai Vicki Turay gives a talk on chapters 3 and 4 of Uchiyama Roshi's commentary on Dogen's Instructions to the Cook.

    Cooking is not a distraction from the more serious pursuit of meditation but rather an entry way to a deeper understanding of how our minds are intimately connected to all phenomena and to one’s buddha nature.

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    These talks are made possible thanks to donations from our worldwide community. If you find value in these teachings, please consider supporting our work at mountainrainzen.org/donate.

    A full archive of recorded teachings going back over ten years is free and accessible on our website.

    For questions and comments, contact podcast@mountainrainzen.org.
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    32 mins
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